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A bestseller revised: the new edition of this essential reference for identifying New Zealand birds features its biggest update ever.

The Hand Guide to the Birds of New Zealand is a trusted, invaluable reference for lovers of New Zealand birds.

Comprehensive and easy to use, this new edition features:

374 species, including 35 new additions - the book's biggest revision since first publication 85 stunning colour paintings of New Zealand birds, including rare and recently extinct species an introduction to key bird-watching sites distribution maps and an in-depth guide to field identification protective plastic cover for use in the field.

The only hand guide to New Zealand birds officially endorsed by Birds New Zealand, this is the ideal field companion for identifying our extraordinary and diverse birdlife.

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The only field guide to New Zealand birds officially endorsed by Birds New Zealand, this is the most authoritative reference available – a wonderful celebration of our extraordinary and diverse birdlife.

The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand is the modern classic of the genre – the tried and trusted reference for lovers of New Zealand birds!

Comprehensive, reliable and easy to use

374 species, including 35 additions - the books biggest revision since first publication

85 stunning colour paintings of New Zealand birds, including rare and recently extinct species

An introduction to key bird-watching sites

Distribution maps and in-depth guide to field identification

An additional handbook section including details on the distribution, habitat, population, conservation, breeding, behaviour and feeding habits of each species

Paintings by a leading New Zealand bird artist and text by two renowned New Zealand bird experts, assisted by many other birdwatchers and scientists

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Checklist of the birds of New Zealand and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Fourth Edition 2010

By The Checklist Committee (Dr Brian Gill, Convener) Ornithological Society of New Zealand.

Published by Te Papa Press in association with the Ornithological Society of New Zealand Inc.

This Checklist, like its predecessors, provides a compact guide to the classification and distribution of the birds of the New Zealand region.The Checklist is the official register of all birds accepted as part of the New Zealand avifauna, and is updated every 10-20 years.

The Ornithological Society of New Zealand recently lost two of its very select group of Honorary Life Members, Dick Sibson and Barrie Heather. Both were keen amateur members, both were honorary editors of the society's journal Notornis (1955-72 and 1978-94 respectively) and above all, both were wader enthusiasts.

Given the special interests that Sib and Barrie shared in waders and in publishing, the Council of the Ornithological Society of New Zealand decided to commemorate their significant contributions to the study of waders in New Zealand by publishing this collection of papers as a special memorial issue of Notornis.

The seventeen papers or short notes on waders in this issue are split into three topic areas: distribution and numbers, seasonal moveents, and general ecology of waders. These were all areas of special interest to both Sib and Barrie.

The contributions to this Fleming Memorial Issue of Notornis can touch on only a small part of Sir Charles Fleming's encyclopaedic interests. Underlying all the accounts, however, one can discern the extent of his contributions to science and society in New Zealand. The natural sciences, particularly geology and ornithology, are fortunate in being able to claim Sir Charles as their own. His enthusiasm led him to enter many other fields, but it is with birds, and especially Chatham Island birds, that most Society members will associate him.

Commemorating Fifty Years of the Ornithological Society of New Zealand 1940-1990

Compiled and edited by B.J. Gill and B.D. Heather. Published in 1990 by Random Century in association with the Ornithological Society of New Zealand Inc.

This publication is out of print and no longer available.

This book has been published to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Ornithological Society of New Zealand. It is a collection of essays by a diverse range of members of the Society. The essays cover the history of the Society and its various schemes, reminiscences of the Society's early days, reviews of various specialised aspects of ornithology - from birds in art to bird banding - and biographical accounts of key figures in the history of ornithology in New Zealand. Accompanied by numerous illustrations, this book is a comprehensive celebration of New Zealand ornithology.